Vondaris “Von” Gordon is the Executive Director of the Alluvial Collective, where he supports a team committed to ending inequity based on difference by cultivating belonging and wholeness in the world. He believes in building deep relationships and resilient connections to drive cultural transformation and movement toward belonging and justice for communities, organizations, and individuals.

Formerly the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, Von joined the organization more than a decade ago to develop and coordinate youth programs. He also served as a founding board member of the University of Mississippi Institute for Racial Reconciliation while a student there.

In community, Von serves on the board of directors of Operation Shoestring and supports the work of the Mississippi Statewide Afterschool Network. He serves on Community Advisory Councils of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Junior League of Jackson, and the LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi.

Nationally, Von is a board member of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, a Racial Healing Fellow with the National Compadres Network, and a member of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Global Fellows and Community Leadership Networks.

Von and his family reside in Jackson, Mississippi, stewards of Choctaw native land. He is a native of Moorhead, MS in Sunflower County.